The Armed Corporations of Aurora Islands is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by General John T Westmoreland with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, pith helmet sales, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 36.54 billion Auroraians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aurora City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Auroraian economy, worth an astonishing 38,222 trillion golden dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is a breathtaking 1,046,058 golden dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 9,797,991 per year while the poor average 9,409, a ratio of 1,041 to 1.

Looting and pillaging are now considered vital intelligence-gathering activities, exports of live cows arrive pre-roasted, thousands of picky mothers-in-law have been recruited to serve as even pickier cookery instructors, and owners of man-portable particle accelerator backpacks are advised not to cross the streams. Crime is totally unknown. Aurora Islands's national animal is the golden hummingbird, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Aurora Islands is ranked 339,330^th in the world and 351^st in United Kingdom for Most Pacifist, with 0.82 cheeks turned per day.